ISBN:
9789047423331
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (xx, 537 p)
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ill., map
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25 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Serie:
Sinica Leidensia v. 82
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Kaske, Elisabeth, 1968 - The politics of language in Chinese education, 1895-1919
Dissertationsvermerk:
Zugl.: Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 2006
DDC:
306.44/90951
Schlagwort(e):
Language and education
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Language and languages Political aspects
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
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Chinesisch
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Sprachenfrage
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Sprachreform
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Sprachpolitik
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Nationalbewusstsein
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Geschichte 1895-1919
Kurzfassung:
The study examines the origins of the "literary revolution" proclaimed in 1917 which laid the foundation for the replacement of the classical language by the vernacular as China's national language and medium of national literature. A unique, multifaceted approach is used to explain the political significance of the classical/vernacular divide against the backdrop of social change that followed the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5. Seeing education as the central battleground for all debates on language, the study in six thoroughly documented chapters investigates the language policy of the Qing
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One The Politics of Language in China and the West (the 19th Century); Chapter Two The Language Question at the Turn of the 20th Century; Chapter Three The Revolutionary Movement and Vernacular Journalism; Chapter Four The Struggle for Legitimate Language in the Qing Educational System; Chapter Five: Philology, National Essence, and the Emergence of a Nationalist Language Policy; Chapter Six From Political Revolution to Literary Revolution; Conclusions; Selected Bibliography; Index and Glossary
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-507) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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